From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16395 invoked by alias); 10 Jan 2009 18:44:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 16387 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Jan 2009 18:44:05 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BARRACUDA_BRBL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:43:28 +0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LLinu-0003St-N5 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:43:26 +0000 Received: from defaria.com ([65.101.22.21]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:43:26 +0000 Received: from Andrew by defaria.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:43:26 +0000 To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Andrew DeFaria Subject: Re: MinTTY 0.3.3 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:41:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <495917BA.1090401@gmail.com> <49613928.503@gmail.com> <4966897B.2010805@gmail.com> <49671BCF.7010808@alcatel-lucent.it> <49689735.5090700@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) In-Reply-To: <49689735.5090700@gmail.com> X-Stationery: 0.4.8.12 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-01/txt/msg00260.txt.bz2 Andy Koppe wrote: > Michael Lemke wrote: >> I just don't get it. What's wrong with rxvt? I've been using it for >> years as my only terminal for cygwin and never understood why it >> isn't the default. I tried mintty the other day but couldn't find >> anything rxvt isn't doing. > MinTTY's main distinctions compared to rxvt are its native Windows > look and feel What is the native Windows look and feel other than the Window frame? Doesn't rxvt have the same window frame as any other window you have running under Windows already? (For comparison sake, let's assume both rxvt and MinTTy have a basic black & white color scheme). > and the options dialog (which among other things allows you to > configure it in an Xish way). What could be more Xish then X Resources, which rxvt pays total attention to? > And just a little helping of eye candy: > - Window transparency (which can be disabled when the window is active). There's transparency with rxvt too. Try -ip. > - Fullscreen mode. My rxvt maximizes. What you mean there's still a window frame? Doesn't bother me. And the amount of times when I really want to waste all of my screen real estate on one window can be counted on one hand... -- Andrew DeFaria I've had amnesia for as long as I can remember. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/